News moves fast. There’s a lot to keep up with. And so, here’s my weekly roundup of news stories that caught my eye this week about our favorite period in history.
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A meditation on truth, lies, fake news, and the Reformation by Andrew Hadfield
Truth, lies, and the Reformation
Cromwell, Prophesy, and the fall of Anne Boleyn – how much did prophecies have to do with Anne’s downfall?
Predicting the Fall of Anne Boleyn
Property News:
On second thoughts, Do NOT buy this Tudor home:
House hunters bombard estate agent over beautiful 16th Century cottage on the market for £20,000 – but they should have looked inside first
Arts & Events
How the masses find common ground with Shakespeare
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Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast, one of the longest running indie history podcasts, going since 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. She writes books, created the original Tudor Planner (a yearly diary filled with Tudor history) and in 2019 created the world's first Tudorcon (you can "attend" online this year!). She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 20 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history.